Bay Point, California

Bay Point, formerly West Pittsburg and originally Bella Vista, is a census-designated place located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in Contra Costa County, California. Bay Point is just west of Pittsburg, California, and northeast of Concord, California, on the southern shore of Suisun Bay. The population of Bay Point was 23,896 as of 2020. The Pittsburg/Bay Point Station of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) rail system is located adjacent to Bay Point in Pittsburg. The community is traversed by State Route 4, the California Delta Highway, a controlled-access road. Being unincorporated, Bay Point does not have its own police department. The community is policed by the California Highway Patrol and the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office. The ZIP Code is 94565, and the area code is 925.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.4 square miles (19 km²), 88.3% land and 11.7% water. Bay Point borders Suisun Bay. The northwest portion is the neighborhood of Shore Acres.

Bay Point first appeared as a census-designated place in the 2000 United States census.

The 2020 United States census reported that Bay Point had a population of 23,896. The population density was 3,718.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,435.8/km²). The racial makeup of Bay Point was 19.8% White, 9.6% African American, 2.3% Native American, 10.8% Asian, 0.6% Pacific Islander, 43.4% from other races, and 13.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 62.4% of the population.

The Census reported that 99.7% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.1% were institutionalized.

There were 6,867 households, out of which 45.9% included children under the age of 18, 48.2% were married-couple households, 8.3% were cohabiting couple households, 26.1% had a female householder with no partner present, and 17.4% had a male householder with no partner present. 16.0% of households were one person, and 6.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.47. There were 5,333 families (77.7% of all households).

The age distribution was 27.1% under the age of 18, 10.4% aged 18 to 24, 30.1% aged 25 to 44, 23.2% aged 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.6 males.

There were 7,039 housing units at an average density of 1,095.4 units per square mile (422.9 units/km²), of which 6,867 (97.6%) were occupied. Of these, 54.2% were owner-occupied, and 45.8% were occupied by renters.